Turkey Toss
By Joe Falin, Program and Facilities Supervisor, Orange County Parks and Recreation
On Saturday, November 19, Orange County Parks and Recreation hosted their annual Turkey Toss Doubles Disc Golf Tournament. This year the tournament was at capacity with 18 teams (36 participants) filling out four (4) flights, with the top three (3) teams in each flight receiving awards. Each participant in the tournament received a commemorative disc, golf towel, and disc wall mount (curtesy of Mike Richardson). The first - place participants in each flight received a trophy and a $25 gift card, the second - place participants each received a $15 gift card, and the third - place participants each received a $10 gift card. The weather was as good as anyone could hope for in the middle of November, with clear skies and temperatures in the low 50’ s.
Each of the teams played the first round with the holes 1 thought 9 being played under Best Disc rules, and with holes 10 through 18 being played under Captain ’ s Choice rules. Under Best Disc rules, both players on each team play each hole regularly with the team taking the lower of the two (2) scores for each hole. Under Captain ’ s Choice rules, each player throws a disc, and the team will decide which of the lies is better for their next throw, and then both players will use that lie for their next throw. Once the first round was over, each of the teams were flighted, and played the second round under Alternate Shot rules. Under
Alternate Shot rules, one (1) player would tee off on the even numbered holes and the other player would tee off on the odd numbered holes, with each team alternating who throwing after each shot. Once the second round finished, the scores from the first round were added to the scores for the second round to get each team ’ s final score. Like our previous tournaments, each flight had an accompanying business that the top three (3) teams in each flight would receive gift cards to. The four
(4) businesses used in this year ’ s tournament was Iron Pipe Alewerks (tournament sponsor), Champion Ice House, Patch Brewing Company, and Unionville Brewing Company. Once it was all said and done, the winners of the Champion Ice House Flight and the overall winners of the tournament, for the second year in a row, were the Roberts brothers (Caleb and Tyler). The winners of the Iron Pipe Alewerks Flight were Jeremy Butterfield and Darren Jones. The winners of the Patch Brewing Company Flight were Joe Fischer and Tim Moubray. And the winners of the Unionville Brewing Company Flight were Steven Hrabak and Kevin Hagood.
Orange County Parks and Recreation ’ s next disc golf related activity will be the “ Winter One - disc - erland ” tournament held on Saturday, January 21, 2023, where each participant will only be allowed to use the commemorative disc provided for the tournament.
For more information about OCPR programs and activities, please visit us online at www.orangecountyva.gov/ocpr or give us a call at (540) 672 - 5435.
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